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I am also thinking to switch from a black grain filler, to a white grain filler.
As the stain was a much darker blue than i was anticipating, but still excited for the look

Yeah I went back to 120 today and that seems to have done the trick,
I reapplied stain, and it took much much better today.

gonna do 1 or 2 more coats of stain and go from there

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I love the look of this finish. I believe they call it "Dog Hair" on their website of the guy who made this guitar.

does any one have any experience trying this type of thing, or any...

Ah intersting.

so today i tried to start staining the body, and it is exactly like you said. The stain definitely did not take very well or very evenly.
it is still okay, but I'm thinking...

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here is a picture of the work so far

Thanks Trevor.

First day of work is done, i did a mock build and everything looks good.
Then started sanding the body. Ive never done any sanding before, so was a little learning curve. Started...

Just got my Bass kit in the mail today.

excited to get started sanding tomorrow, planning to try and do a "ceruse" style finish on the guitar.
Going to use a blue dye, with black grain filler.
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